Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 17:12:00 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> To: Ian Wynne <ianw@lyear.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp auto mode Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970524165618.20368C-100000@aak.anchorage.net> In-Reply-To: <199705240443.VAA06119@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sat, 24 May 1997, Ian Wynne wrote: i experience this from time to time also ... i not sure why - but once i fixed it by correcting the routing tables manually. since then i've heard some cleanup problems with routing tables, so i just attribute it to that! but i could be way off base. i also always get a "bogus" route added to my tables automatically from out of nowhere: 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 UHb 0 0 tun0 i use 2.2.1., but had these problems since 2.1.5. also - "netstat -r" does not show my isp-nameserver route, whereas telnet-ing into ppp and "show route" does show this ... ??? > I'm using FreeBSD 2.1.6R. My question is with iijppp ppp, ie user mode ppp. > > When I envoke ppp in the "-auto" mode, where is supposed to dial out when it > detects a packet on the out going interface, it only seems to dial when there > is an out going UDP packet such as a routed packet. Telnet and ping don't seem > to initiate dialling. > > Have I set something up wrongly, or have other people experienced the same > thing? Does the version in "current" display the same behavior? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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